Strong Adjectives & Verbs
What's a stronger verb for the word "said"?
Answered, shouted, whispered, exclaimed, replied (answer depends on teacher judgement)
What is the subject?
The cat slept on the couch.
The cat
What punctuation goes inside the quotation marks in “I love reading___” said Mia.
“I love reading.” said Mia. (Even better: “I love reading,” said Mia.)
Is this a simile or metaphor? Her smile was as bright as the sun.
Simile (uses as)
What is the name of Harry Potter’s school?
Hogwarts
Replace "walked" with a stronger verb that shows HOW someone moved
Marched, skipped, trudged, tiptoed, dashed (answer depends on teacher judgement)
What is the predicate?
The students read their books quietly.
Read their books quietly
Correct: “let’s go to the park” said Max.
Let’s go to the park,” said Max.
What two things are compared? The classroom was as noisy as a zoo.
Classroom and zoo
What’s the fastest land animal in the world?
Cheetah
Enormous, gigantic, massive, towering, colossal (answer depends on teacher judgement)
What is the subject & predicate?
The tall giraffe stretched its neck toward the leaves.
Subject: The tall giraffe | Predicate: stretched its neck toward the leaves
Where does the punctuation go?
“Do you want pizza” asked Sam
"Do you want pizza?" asked Sam.
Turn into a metaphor: The snow was cold and white.
The snow was a white blanket.
How many continents are there on Earth?
Seven (Antarctica, South America, North America, Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe)
Rewrite with stronger words: "The boy looked at the book."
The boy examined the book closely. (one example; up to teacher judgement)
True or False: A complete sentence must have both a subject and a predicate.
True
Rewrite correctly: “I can’t wait to play soccer!” shouted Leo.
Already correct — quotation marks + exclamation point + dialogue tag.
What is the figurative language in this sentence?
The boy was a rocket speeding down the track.
Metaphor (compares boy to rocket)
What’s the largest bone in the human body?
The femur (thigh bone)
In the following sentence: "The puppy ran quickly across the yard," Replace 'ran quickly' with one stronger verb.
Sprinted, dashed, raced, bolted, zoomed
Fix this fragment: Running through the field.
The dog was running through the field. OR She was running through the field.
Write your own short sentence with dialogue.
Example: “Can you help me with homework?” asked Maria.
Create your own simile or metaphor about reading.
Example Simile: Reading is like opening a treasure chest of ideas.
Example Metaphor: Reading is a doorway to adventure.
I’m thinking of a word. It means “a word that has the opposite meaning of another word.” What is it?
Antonym